Ok, before everyone gets excited and thinks that I have lost my mind, I decided to post the line-up with the artist's real/legal names. I wonder how many of you knew who each artist was? Just having some fun with everyone and testing how much all of you know about those classic Opry stars. Now, here is the line-up as I am sure most would recognize:

The only artists that appeared only one time that night were Archie Campbell and Minnie Pearl. Remember, this was in the era of only one show on each Saturday night, with the general rule that each artist would appear one time before 10:00 and one time again after 10:00.

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I got a big kick out of it--I thought, you've gone formal! One oddity: none of the string bands are listed, meaning no Crook Brothers, Fruit Jar Drinkers, or Sam and Kirk McGee from Sunny Tennessee--or Ralph Sloan and the Tennessee Travelers or Ben Smathers and the Stoney Mountain Cloggers.

I think that the string bands were on the Opry that night, it was just that the information on the line-up that I got for that night only listed the main artists that performed. For whatever reason, some of the line-ups that I have received over the years did not list a lot of the string bands or the square dancers. Not really sure why that was the case.

By the way, I may have you on one, and since that would be a first, pardon me for being excited if I actually caught the best Opry historian I know of. Wasn't Johnny Sullivan, Rollin's brother, Lonzo at that time?

Well Michael, you got me!!! That is what is so great about the readers of the blog. If I make a mistake, it is caught. Lloyd Leslie George was Lonzo from the time that the duo started until late 1949, when he quit and decided to become a solo artist. He recorded under the name Ken Marvin.

Johnny Sullivan took over the role of Lonzo, and he played the part from 1950 until he was killed in an auto accident on June 5, 1967. David Hooten then took over the role into the 1980s.

By the way, the original Lonzo died in 1991. Rolin, the last I heard, is still alive, and would be 91 now.

Mike, thanks again for the clarification. The funny thing is that I had all three names in my records-I just looked at the date wrong.

That will be my one, ever. You are a wealth of information. If you ever sit down with Eddie Stubbs, let me know--I'll try to fly in to listen!

Last I heard, Rollin was still alive, but he sold the name to two guys who are performing as Lonzo & Oscar. He also had said that it was Dave Hooten who talked him out of wearing the outfits and just dressing normally.

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I am a nationally recognized independent historian of the Grand Ole Opry. In addition to being the publisher and writer of Fayfare's Opry Blog, I have also researched Opry information for numerous authors and interested Opry fans. A resident of Canton, Ohio, I have attended hundreds of Grand Ole Opry shows since my first visit to Nashville in 1973. I can be contacted via email at bfay54@gmail.com